Linotype-machine.



No. 888,176. PATENTED MAY 19, 1908. D. S. KENNEDY.

LINOTYPE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 6. 190a.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID S. KENNEDY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

LIN OTYPE-MACHINE Patented May 19, 1908.

1908. Serial No. 419,547.

T 0' all whomit may concern:

Be it known that 1, DAVID S. KENNEDY, of borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and

. State of New York, have invented a new and so constructed that it may be caused to present each matrix in a com osed line at the upper or the lower level, to ring its upper or its lower character into use, as demanded,

as illustrated, for example, in U. S. Letters Patent to Rogers, No. 615,909. In this mechanism the matrices are delivered one after another to the horizontal channel in the so-called assemblin elevator. This elevator is formed wit horizontal shoulders which'sustain the matrices at the lower, or

normal, level, and is also provided, above rices passing to the lower level, and that occasionally a thin matrix would assume an improper relation to the 1i To overcome this difiicul-ty I divide the orward retaining lip horizontally into two sections, or provide two lips, one above the other, the upper lip, which retains the matrices in the upper position, being retractable, so that it may. be thrown out'of action when the matrices are to pass to the lower position. tach the lip tothe short rail by which the matrices are'sustained in the upper position, but it may be inde endently mounted.

In the drawing have shown my improvement a plied to an assembler of the form shown in the above named ogers patent, but it is to be'understood that-it may be applied to any assembling mechanism in which the matrices are delivered downward and laterally one after, another to the, end of the line.

I prefer to at-.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a" plan view of the receiving end of the assembling elevator with myimprovement incorporated therein, the retaining lip being retracted to permit the free passage of the matrices to the lower level. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the lip advanced to its operative position. Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow in the last-named figure Fig. 4 is an end elevation looking in the direction of the arrow in Fi 2. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the parts s own in the preceding figures. Fig. 6 1s a erspective view of the .sliding rail with the lip attached and of the parltls whichare immediately associated therewit Referring to the drawings, I represent the assembling elevator into which the matrices are successively deliveredat one end in a vertical osition, theline thus formed being advanceil horizontally step by step as the successive matrices are added. The parallel walls of this assembler, between which the matrices are received, are formed with horizontal shoulders, i to receive and sustain the lower endsof the matrices when they stand in .the lower or normal position, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 3.

At the front side the assembler contains two horizontal longitudinal slides, i" and i standing end to end, and so arranged that either or both may be projected inward to recpiwe the incoming matrices and sustain them at the up er, or abnormal, level indicated by the ott'ed lines in Fig. 4. The slide i at the receiving end of the assembler is independently retractable, by means of a lever, r, so that certain matrices in a line may be ermitted to pass to the lower level ,while ot ers are sustained by the slide i at the upper level.

So far as described the foregoing parts are height that'itwould engage and hold the matrices not only at their lower, but also at their higher level.

In carrying my invention into effect I re duce the height of the front plate 77 so that it will retain the matrices only when at the lower level; 'and as a substitute for the portion removed from the up er end of the plate I provide the lip or p ate i, formed upon, or attached to, the inner end of the slide i When this slide is moved rearward or inward in order to receive and sustain the matrices the lip is at the same time carried inward from the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3 to the position shown in Figs. 2 and 4, so that it will engage and hold the matrices standing at the upper level. When .the slide i is withdrawn to ermit thepassage of the matrices to the ower level the lip i is carried with it out of the path of the matrices, so that the latter maypass to the lower level without interference.

The essence'of my invention consists inroviding a vertical lip or detaining device, 2 ada te'd to hold the matrices when at the upper evel in the assembler, and movable so that it may be thrown out of action, and

out of the path of the matrices, when they are to pass to the lower level. It is to be understood that this lip may be varied inform and arrangement at will, provided only that it has the mode of action hereindescribed.

p In this class of machines the rails or devices'which sustain the matrices at their upper level are made of various forms, and movable in various ways, well known to those familiar with the art, and it is to be understood that my movable lip may be ap- Matrices bea .two characters are com- '1 monlygknown inje art as f two letterymaiw ricesfgjand mechanisms forv assembling these p d to,or combinedwith, any one of these seams matrices-are generally known as two-letter assemblers.

. Having described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a channeled assembler for two letter matrices, controllable means for sustaining the matrices at different levels, and a device retractable at will for retaining side- 'wise within the assembler the lower ends of the matrices at the upper'level.

2. A channeled assembler for two letter matrices provided with controllable means for sustaining the matrices above the normal level, in combination with the vertical lip movable at will into and out of position for engaging the lower ends of the matrices.

3. In an assembler for two letter matrices means controllable at will for determining the height of the incoming matrices, said means provided with avertical lip to retain ithe 1matrices when assembled at the upper eve 4. The channeled assembler for two letter stantially as shown.

6. In a channeled assembler for two letter matrices the combination of controllable means for supporting the matrices above the normal level, a fixed plate, 11, toretain the lower ends of the matrices-in'the' assembler, and a retractable plate or lip, t, to engage the matrices at the upper level only. 'Intestimon hand this 26 ay of Feb., 1908, in thepresence of twoattesting witnesses. DAVID S. KENNEDY. Witnesses:

-R. G. CLARK, G. MORIARTY. I

whereof I hereunto set my 

